CURRENT INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN - 1955/08/09

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• Collection: Current/Central Intelligence Bulletin Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 03436120
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• Document Creation Date: September 20, 2019
• Document Release Date: September 26, 2019
• Publication Date: August 9, 1955

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CURRENT INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN
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SUMMARY
FAR EAST
I. Some Chinese Nationalist military leaders reported urging
"shooting war!" (page 3).
SOUTHEAST ASIA
2. Thai premier makes further cabinet changes aimed at Phao
(page 3).
SOUTH ASIA
3. Comment on changes in Pakistani government (page 4).
EASTERN EUROPE
4. East Germans reported disappointed with outcome of Geneva
conference (page 5).
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FAR EAST
1. Some Chinese Nationalist military leaders reported
urging 'rebooting war":
COMMENT Taipei may be disseminating such
reports in the hope of influencing
the talks in Geneva. Should Chiang become convinced
that an American agreement with Peiping seriously
threatened his position, he might order bombing attacks
on the mainland in the belief that Communist retaliation
would involve American forces in major hostilities.
SOUTHEAST ASIA
2. Thai premier makes further cabinet changes aimed at
Phao:
Premier Phibun is apparently deter-
mined to strip Police Director
General Phao and his followers of
their administrative posts within
the government and their control of lucrative monopolies.
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He is said to feel confident that these changes will not
result in open conflict and bloodshed.
Phibun's actions over the week
end included the ouster of Phao as deputy minister of
finance, in which capacity he had left for the United
States on 1 August to undertake informal aid discus-
sions. It is not clear how this will affect his authority
to conduct these talks. Last week the premier had as-
sumed the Ministry of Interior, thus depriving Phao of
the control he has exercised over that ministry as deputy.
The Phao faction aroarentiv has
been outmaneuvered by Phibun.
SOUTH ASIA
3. Comment on changes in Pakistani government:
The resignation of Mohammad Ali
as prime minister of Pakistan on
7 August, following his refusal to
continue in office after his ouster
as president of the Moslem League earlier the same day,
poses an immediate problem to the government on the
choice of All's successor.
D''inance
Minister Chaudri Mohammad All, who was elected presi-
dent of the Moslem League, is the choice of Acting Gover-
nor General Mirza and the ruling clique. Despite this,
however, Law Minister H. S. Suhrawardy, an experienced
politician who has been seeking the premiership since he
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joined the cabinet last October, may be given the op-
portunity to form a government. Suhrawardy would be a
reluctant choice of Mirza and the ruling clique in the
government but may become prime minister because
the support of his Awami League is needed to form a
new government.
For the present at least, regard-
less of who assumes the premiership, power in Pakistan
may be expected to remain in the hands of Mirza and his
group, who are strongly pro-American. Should Suhra-
wardy become prime minister, however, a conflict be-
tween him and the present ruling group would eventually
develop.
EASTERN EUROPE
40 East Germans reported disappointed with outcome of
Geneva conference:
the populace is
generally disappointed with the out-
come of the Big Four conference at
eneva, A feeling is prevalent that because of its "trust-
ing nature" the West was misled by the Soviet Union, and
confidence in the United States has decreased. People
generally believe that the Russians gained all their objec-
tives without making any concessions and that a relaxation
in tensions will help the USSR repair its economy, with
the result that it will be less ready in the future to con-
cede on the German question.
Earlier hopes that Chancellor Ade-
nauer's visit to Moscow would work a "miracle" have now
been replaced by resignation. Some people feel that pros-.
pects for reunification were dimmed at Geneva, and that
therefore his visit to Moscow will be barren of results.
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There is also a tendency to accept the
Communist allegation that the chancellor is an enemy of
reunification.
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